elizabethann
11-14-2007, 03:35 PM
I didn't know where to put this - the Cat Health or the Dog Health so I thought I would put it here.
I'm having mice issues in my apartment. I bought some DECON TRAPS (they contain no poison - they're just mouse traps). And I bought some peppermint. I'm going to buy some Irish Spring soap, grate it and put that around the apartment too (somebody told me to try it - they said it works).
Anyhow, I was talking to the woman who lives below me and she says she has DECON REPELLENT all over her apartment. I'm like, what?! She has a cat too! And she told me her cat catches the mice. I asked her if she realized it was poison and it could kill her cat and she said she watches her cat closely and the cat doesn't eat the mice, just plays with it. This woman is really stupid.
I said well now I'm going to be afraid if Fenway or JoJo eats a mouse! I was so pi$$ed and disgusted at this woman that she would be so careless. And her Grandkids spend time in her apartment too!
So I have several questions:
1. Any ideas on how to make sure the mice don't come into my apartment (besides mouse traps, peppermint and Irish Spring soap)?
2. What should I be on the look-out for? What are the symptoms? How would I know if JoJo or Fenway ate a mouse?
3. Should I contact my landlord? I already did (about the mice) and she suggested DECON herself (as well as mouse traps). She said the DECON won't kill pets.
So now I'm all confused and upset. What should I do? I wish I could buy my own home so I wouldn't have to worry about stupid people hurting my pets. I just want to cry. I would die if anything happend to JoJo or Fenway. :(
I'm having mice issues in my apartment. I bought some DECON TRAPS (they contain no poison - they're just mouse traps). And I bought some peppermint. I'm going to buy some Irish Spring soap, grate it and put that around the apartment too (somebody told me to try it - they said it works).
Anyhow, I was talking to the woman who lives below me and she says she has DECON REPELLENT all over her apartment. I'm like, what?! She has a cat too! And she told me her cat catches the mice. I asked her if she realized it was poison and it could kill her cat and she said she watches her cat closely and the cat doesn't eat the mice, just plays with it. This woman is really stupid.
I said well now I'm going to be afraid if Fenway or JoJo eats a mouse! I was so pi$$ed and disgusted at this woman that she would be so careless. And her Grandkids spend time in her apartment too!
So I have several questions:
1. Any ideas on how to make sure the mice don't come into my apartment (besides mouse traps, peppermint and Irish Spring soap)?
2. What should I be on the look-out for? What are the symptoms? How would I know if JoJo or Fenway ate a mouse?
3. Should I contact my landlord? I already did (about the mice) and she suggested DECON herself (as well as mouse traps). She said the DECON won't kill pets.
So now I'm all confused and upset. What should I do? I wish I could buy my own home so I wouldn't have to worry about stupid people hurting my pets. I just want to cry. I would die if anything happend to JoJo or Fenway. :(